Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

Su Li patted the weasel's head and brought the bait that had been spilled on the ground to the weasel's mouth.

This bait just amplifies the flavor; it's perfectly safe to eat, but it might make you drunk if you have a low alcohol tolerance.

The weasel licked the bait, its little ears perking up excitedly. It buried its head in the bait and ate heartily, but after two bites, it looked up and showed a human-like expression of confusion.

Song Mingyu learned of Itachi's thoughts through her skill and couldn't help but say, "Of course the taste isn't as good as I imagined. It's just a palatability enhancer, not that it's actually become more delicious."

To make it delicious, you still need a master chef.

It is said that a skilled chef can make fruit taste several times better simply by peeling it with a knife, and diners can even taste the chef's heartfelt intentions.

Anyway, when Zuli heard Sofia say it, it sounded quite mysterious.

The weasel ate all the bait with some disappointment, then stood on its hind legs, looked up at Song Mingyu, but found that it could not see Song Mingyu. So it ran a few steps outside, looked up at Song Mingyu from the side, and waited for orders.

“Help us find this kind of fruit.” Song Mingyu pointed to the remaining bait the weasel had. “If we succeed, we’ll guarantee your safety.”

Of course, some small experiments are unavoidable. Song Mingyu thought to herself.

How could Weasel, a mere mortal beast with a little magical skill, resist elemental bacteria and elemental erosion? Song Mingyu felt her research spirit burning.

The contracted Itachi was very obedient. After receiving the order, Itachi crawled into the cave he had dug.

"Follow!"

Su Li and the others followed closely behind.

"Sophia, pay close attention to the sky; there are flying predators here."

"learn."

"Ivan, make sure to protect your sister and Mingyu. I'll clear the way and keep watch."

"receive."

Su Li took out a simple sled from his inventory. Ivan had made it in the workshop during his break using the tools there. As a young Russian, he had seen real sleds when he was a child, so it wasn't difficult for him to imitate it.

Zuli touched the sled's sliding mechanism, which Ivan had thoughtfully protected with melted resin before carefully polishing it until it was smooth and glossy to the touch.

After setting up the sled, Ivan and the other two sat on it, while Zuli acted as a sled dog, pulling the sled with brute force and following behind the weasel.

The group moved forward across the snowfield, following Itachi's steps and quickly collecting items.

Zuli then discovered that there were actually quite a few clusters of red berries. They could find one every few hundred meters, and each cluster could yield 7-11 red berries.

This red berry, as a semi-magical plant, provides a lot of energy. A creature like a weasel could eat one and not need to eat for a whole day.

These berries grow very quickly, which provides sufficient nutrition for creatures like weasels.

Furthermore, Zurich also discovered that, in addition to the red berries, there were other plants here.

"It's a pity. These plants have too high requirements for their growing environment. We won't be able to keep them alive even if we take them back." Song Mingyu put down a grass with ice properties that looked like aloe vera and said regretfully, "The cost of maintaining the environment is too high."

Maintaining this low temperature and high ice element concentration environment just to grow some second-rate plants? Isn't that just burning money? You could grow magical crops in this kind of environment.

There's a sense of absurdity in spending millions to build a high-tech greenhouse to grow foxtail grass.

"I asked Lao Zheng, and they weren't interested either," Su Li said regretfully, putting down the handbook. She had thought she could make some money from the coalition government again.

Ivan, huffing and puffing as he dug at the ground, came over carrying a large pile of grass roots. He put the tree roots on the sled, wiped his forehead, and said with some confusion, "Brother-in-law, was it really necessary to dig up even grass roots?"

“There are plenty of plants whose roots can be used in medicine. These roots all have magical energy. Wouldn’t it be better to dig them up and let your sister Mingyu and I practice our life skills? It’s too extravagant to practice directly with precious black iron-grade magical energy crops.” Su Li flicked Ivan on the head, “You don’t know the value of firewood and rice until you’re in charge of the household.”

Ivan gave an "oh" and obediently continued digging the hole.

Su Li and his group worked like tillers, clearing away all the valuable vegetation in the area. Su Li remarked that it truly lived up to its reputation as a level 1.7 world fragment; magical crops they rarely saw were readily available here.

As they walked, Sofia suddenly shouted, "Stop! Be on guard!"

The sled dog Zuli immediately stopped and pressed down on the sled with its paws, bringing it to a standstill.

Su Li's spiritual awareness was heightened to its peak, and she used all her senses to perceive the surrounding situation.

In the windless snowfield, after Su Li and the others stopped, it was as if someone had pressed the mute button, and there wasn't a sound at all.

But Zuli could sense that something was 'watching' her.

With a soft "whoosh," the almost imperceptible sound vanished in an instant, and both Su Li and Sophia looked in the same direction. Su Li immediately launched an attack, and Sophia raised her gun and fired.

A bright silver streak flashed through the air, but neither Zuli nor Sophia paid any attention to it.

Someone is protecting them.

"Ding!"

A silvery-white object struck Ivan's raised shield, forming an angle between the shield and the silvery flying object. The object made a crisp collision sound, slipped, and flew into the sky.

At that moment, Sofia also fired her gun.

A crisp gunshot shattered the silence of the snowfield, followed by an angry buzzing.

Not far from Zurich, a viscous, yellowish liquid suddenly appeared. Then, a ball of snow suddenly stood up.

Song Mingyu then realized that this was not a clump of snow at all, but a strange fish lying on its side, resembling a shoe insole.

"Hey, after river and seafood, it's time for land-based seafood!"

Su Li chuckled softly, and in an instant, Shan Qing slashed down at the insole fish.

He had already recognized the monster. It was a subspecies of a Black Iron-grade, ice-attribute ice shard fish. This type of ice shard fish lived on the ice surface for a long time and was an amphibious fish that used camouflage to ambush its prey.

They continuously condense ice needles, waiting for their prey to come within range before spitting them out to attack the enemy.

These ice needles contain extremely potent cold poison. Once they hit the target, they will destroy the nerves in a very short time, causing the prey to feel a burning pain as if it were being burned.

The one in front of Zurich is probably a subspecies adapted to local conditions, which can be tentatively called a snowflake fish.

Seeing that its sneak attack had failed, the Snowflake began to spew out a large number of ice needles at Su Li. However, this time, the ice needles were much less powerful, and their speed was only one-third of what it had been before.

Su Li's body was engulfed in golden-red flames. After slightly adjusting her body, the hastily condensed ice needles melted as soon as they touched the flames. A few flames that did not melt slid off Su Li's snake scale armor and fell onto the snow.

Su Li raised the sword with her right hand and supported the blade with her left, then pushed the mountain into the wound. With a twist, she shredded the snowflake's internal organs and energy channels.

The snowflake breathed its last and died peacefully.